STAND. COM. REP. NO.  792

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 536

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 536 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to allow the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to better serve the most needy of Hawaii's residents and provide low-income housing to individuals who have no other means of shelter.  Specifically, this bill requires the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to refuse to select any applicant for, or terminate the tenancy of an individual residing in, state low-income housing if the applicant, tenant, or a household member owns or acquires a home within the State.  

 

     The Hawaii Public Housing Authority testified in support of this measure.  

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Authorizing, rather than requiring, the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to refuse to select any applicant for, or terminate the tenancy of an individual residing in, state low-income housing if the applicant, tenant, or a household member owns or acquires a home within the State; and

 

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 536, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 536, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair